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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1963

Page

8

Interview Date Set For Home Trainees

McArthur hosts interviews Monday and Tuesday at the Bureau of Unemployment Compensation in the Memorial Building for applicants to the Home Attendant Training Course. Paul E. Wrightsel of the McArthur Development Association notes applications available from Vinton County Health Department offices. The course, run by Mrs. Glenna Ruth Thompson, targets women 21 to 60 for practical nurse home duties, with graduates available for work after training.

McArthur Bureau of Unemployment Compensation Memorial Building Paul E. Wrightsel McArthur Development Association Vinton County Health Department Glenna Ruth Thompson Wrightsel Jackson

Vinton Social Notes Record Local Visits

Mrs Jack Stutter and family visited Mr and Mrs Edward G Freed of Parkersburg West Virginia. Guests included Bob Messenger Homer Mock Sam Conkle Don Swick and others. Robin Lynn Yoho the Yoho granddaughter born last Saturday. Miss Lynn Lanier visited Miss Marvaleah Snyder.

Mason Kennedy Sylvan Butts Columbus

Foil Strips Used In Radar Drills Declared Safe

Small aluminum foil strips found in Vinton County are used by the Air Force to simulate radar jamming in tests at Lockbourne AFB near Columbus. Ohio Agriculture officials say the quarter inch by 11 inch strips are insoluble in dilute acids and alkalis and non toxic to livestock, posing no mechanical injury risk if ingested.

McArthur Vinton County Air Force Lockbourne Air Force Base Columbus Ohio Department of Agriculture

Dairy Bar Under New Management in McArthur

Miss Jane Keesee of Liverly Creek leases the Allen Dairy Bar on N Market St McArthur from Mrs Thelma Allen and will operate it starting Nov 1. Keesee has been an employee of Mrs Allen.

Fire damages barn on Jesse Coleman farm

Firefighters battled a stubborn blaze at a one story log barn on Hawk School House Road southwest of McArthur at 1 18 p m Monday. Seventy five bales of hay were destroyed or damaged with an estimated loss of 500 dollars for the building and contents not insured.

McArthur Jesse Coleman Hawk School House Loyd Gill

McArthur Cruiser Loses 100MPH Chase

McArthur police cruiser pursued James Townsend Ison of Athens Kentucky who sped at 100 mph through McArthur. Ison fled after a 100 mph chase. patrol arrested him in Wellston. Ison forfeited a $20 bond in county court as repairs were needed.

McArthur State Highway Patrol James Townsend Ison Athens Wellston Jack Ferguson Ison Weyand Motor Co

Brothers Struck by Spent Shotgun Pellets

Two sons of Robert Fulton Sr. escaped injury when a shotgun fired at game struck Robert Jr., 6, and John Jerry Fulton, 4, as they played near Route 1 Carpenter. No medical treatment was needed and Sheriff Harold Steele said no charges were filed.

McArthur Council Maps Gas Rate Upgrade and City Projects

The McArthur Village Council calls a special meeting for October 26 to discuss a rate increase sought by Ohio Fuel Gas Company and potential fuel cost adjustments. The council reopens the Northview Road dump with hours and an attendant, and hires Burgess and Niple to draft preliminary storm sewer plans funded by a tax levy and later user assessments. In Evansville, the St. Louis Hawks beat the Boston Celtics 114-98 in an NBA exhibition.

Mcarthur Ohio Fuel Gas Company Dale Headley Gasco Northview Road Burgess and Niple Municipal Engineers Columbus St. Louis Hawks Boston Celtics National Basketball Association

Youths Fined and Sentenced in Local Burglary Case

Two Londonderry youths pleaded guilty to petty larceny in Vinton County Court for a burglary at Mae Brown's Eagle Two home on October 3. Robert Ward and Wayne Justice received $25 fines and 10 days in jail each. a juvenile will face a similar charge. Items stolen totaled about $35.

Brown Londonderry Chillicothe

Local Visits And Church Homecoming Planned In Ohio Towns

A string of visits spans Murray City Zanesville Nelsonville McConnelsville and Crooksville with families and friends. St Philip Neri Church in Columbus hosts its annual homecoming and social October 19 from 4 to 8 PM with parcel post boxes and games. In Tuppers Plains the WSCS met at Dana Hoffman’s home to discuss Southern Asia work and plan a bazaar and chili supper on November 16.

Elroy Short Zanesville Emmett Short Grace Donoghue Nellie Hamer Nelsonville Anna James New Straitsville Ruth Pinnick East Fultenham Bill Drake Cynthia Timmy Keith Taylor Ridge Howard Craft Thomas Lanning Charles Washburn Columbus Melvin Lanning Crooksville Grace R. Donoghue Eunice Sanborn Bill Vollmer James McConnelsville Elizabeth Salyers Ralph Barber James Campbell Erma Smith Tuppers Plains Evelyn Brickles WSCS The Methodist Church Dana Hoffman Women’s Society of Christian Service Asia Maxine Chapman Marl Griffith Annex Clarence Nichols C. W. Morton Dayton

Carpenter Notes Highlight 4-H Program and Family News

Westina Crabtree reports 4-H Club members will present a literary program at Columbia Grange Friday with a box supper for club funds. A family reunion at Fern Gillogly’s home includes many relatives from Columbus Gallipolis Athens Albany and local areas. Randy David McKnight born Sept 19 in Columbus joins Danny as a brother. great-grandparents named Gillogly and McKnight noted.

Carpenter Columbia Grange Fern Gillogly Ellen McKnight Sharon Roger McKnight Darrell Wright Columbus Ralph Frazier Susan Danny Jerry Gallipolis Cecil Gillogly Steve Carla Jo Jeffrey Athens Paul Gaston Lois Leah Joe Albany Carl Crabtree Arthur Crabtree Harold Gillogly Vicki Bruce John Gillogly Mark Elizabeth Gardner Robert Gardner Clifford Steele Martha Steele June Miller Logan Roger Lawrence Facemire Lavern Jordan Richard Jeffers Gene Jeffers John Dunham

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